Clothesline connecter



Feb.26, 1929. V v 1,703,784 O J. SHAW CLOTHESLINE CONNBC'I'BR FiledMarch 12, 1928 040919 J JMI/ INVENTOR I Y O I (1' WITNEYSS: ATTORNEYPatented Feb. 26, 1929.

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Application filed March 12, 1928. Serial no. 2e1,1oa.

p This invention relates to improvements in clothes line connectors.

The primar objeet of the invention res sides in a clot es line or ropeconnecter for 5 connecting the meeting ends of arope in lieu of theusual hand-made knots which often slip and which cannot be untiedwithout undue efiorts on the .part of a person. Therefore, the mainobject of this device is to oin the ends of a clothes line so that itwill not accidentallypull loose or sag under the weight of a load ofgarments hung thereon, and which can be quickly disconnected whendesired. V r

' Another object of the invention is to provide a connecting devicewhich is adapted to be fixedly attached to one end of a rope and aboutwhich the other end ofthe rope. is wound and clamped to firmly hold theends of the ropefrom accidentally slipping or be coming unfastened.

A further object is the provision of a clothes line connecter whichincludes a bracket in which a pulley wheel is journalled and over whichthe end of the rope to be fastened passes, while the free end of therope is wound about the bracket and held bet-ween a pair of clampingjaws formed thereon.

' 30 With these and other objects in view, the

invention resides in certaininovel construe tion and combination andarrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafterfull 7 described, are particularly pointed out in t e appended claims,and are 7 illustrated inv the accompanying drawing,

in which r V a Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes line with myimproved connecter in applied 40 position. V

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of thevconnecter.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the connecter.

Figure 4 is a perspective'view of the connecter per se.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the'numeral 10designates'my imp which is intended to detachably connect the meetingends of a clothes line or rope' ll. In Figure 1 of the. drawings, I haveshown a well-known construction of, clothes line support which includesspaced pulleys 12 over 6' which the line 11 The connecter 10 includes asingle flat piece of resilient material bent midway between its ends'toprovide an eye 13, spaced parallel legs 14 which constitute a bracket15, while the ends of the material are brought inwardly toward eachother as at 16, from where they diverge outwardly and bend uponthemselves to provide clamping jaws 17. The extreme ends of the materialcome together adjacent the portion 16, while 7 rivets or like fasteningelements 18 pass therethrough. The outer ends of the jaws 17 normallylie in spaced relation to provide an open mouth or bifurcation to Ireceive the rope end to be inserted and held thereby." Apulleyi wheel 19is rotatably mounted uponan axle20. supported by the walls of thebracket or legs 14.

In practice, oneend of the clothes line 11 is tied to the eye 13 whilethe opposite end is brought over the jaws and passed under and over thepulley wheel 19, and thence over and 'is wound about the inner ends ofthe jaws 17, the windings of the rope underlyingthe lead of the ropepassing to the pulley. It will be appreciated that the rope end ispulled taut about the pulley'before winding the same about the jaws,after which the extreme free end of the rope is brought down over theleadof the rope and inserted between the jaws 17 where it is firmlygripped. By passing the rope about the pulle and winding and clampingthe same in t emanner shown, the line is held in a taut condition andwill withstand a heavy load without slipping. To release the free end ofthe rope, it is only necessary to from the spirit'of my inventlon, andthereforedo not limit myself-to the exact details 1 of constructionherein setforth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention Whatis claimed as new is limited only by the appended claims. proved clothesline protector'in its entirety 1. A clothes line connecter comprisinge105 each" other to provide co g clamping, "loll 5 pull-the end fromthejaws and unwind the jaws, and a pulley Wheel journalled in the legportions substantially as and for the purpose speclfiedw v 2.'A clothesllnes connecter COnlPI'lSlIlg a xjsingle piece of flat resilientmaterial bent midway between 1ts ends to provide-2m eye and spacedparallel'legs, the ends of said material being bent upon themselves atdils1gnature. J

5 OSCAR J. SHAW.

